Written lyrics from Bob Dylan, which were found inside a poetry book, are to go up for auction.
The lyrics, which are from the singer's track, 'I'm Not There', from his 1967 Basement Tapes sessions, are expected to sell for £40,000 (€45,854), when they go under the hammer at Omega Auctions on April 21.
'I'm Not There', was only released in 2007, as part of the soundtrack for the Todd Haynes movie about Dylan.
They were recently discovered in a first edition book, Ankor Wat, written by Allen Ginsberg, a life long friend of Bob Dylan. The book was reportedly gifted to model Sally Grossman, a friend of Ginsberg. Grossman was married to Dylan's first manager, Albert Grossman, and another close friend of the music legend.
She also featured on the cover of Dylan's album, Bringing It All Back Home from 1965. The book itself includes a signature and inscription by Ginsberg to Sally.
Speaking about these lyrics, Omega Auctions' Dan Muscatelli-Hampson said: “This is a remarkable discovery and one that is sure to provoke great excitement amongst the Dylan scholars, fans and collectors around the world".
“The provenance story is fascinating, not least because the book had passed through several hands before our vendor was eventually the lucky owner who carefully leafed through the book to find this exceptionally rare page hidden inside", he added.
In other news, Bob Dylan surprised fans after he launched a Patreon.
This account includes six posts, the first simply showing am embedded video of a Mahalia Jackson performance, followed by three posts showing audio essays. These essays which read out in an AI voice, are based on former Vice President Aaron Burr, American folk legend Wild Bill, and a 19th century outlaw Frank James.
Another post, titled, 'Bull Rider (short story)', listing Marty Lombard as the author, telling the story of a man who looks for a Texan rodeo to try bull riding.
“The bus coughed me out somewhere past Amarillo, dust in my teeth and a sky that stretched out so wide it felt like it was laughing at me,” the post reads. “I had a duffel bag, two shirts, a paperback of The Sea Wolf with the spine cracked like an old man’s knuckles, and the kind of hunger you don’t fix with food".
More on this from Nova here.
This also comes after Dylan began his 2026 tour with a surprise cover of Eddie Cochran's, 'Nervous Breakdown', at the Orpheum Theater in Omaha in Nebraska, which was the first time the music legend has performed this track in his entire career. Check this out and Nova's report for more here.
